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ASADA clear Manly, NRL club says

NRL club Manly say they have been cleared of doping by the Australian Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA).

Sea Eagles officials, including club chairman Scott Penn and chief executive David Perry, attended a meeting on Tuesday with ASADA and Tony Whitlam QC, who heads the new NRL integrity unit.

The club late on Tuesday night then released a statement claiming all its players been cleared.

"The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles have been told by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) that none of the club's players, past or present, have tested positive to illegal performance enhancing substances," the statement read.

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The six NRL clubs mentioned in the Australian Crime Commission's (ACC) report were briefed by ASADA in Sydney on Tuesday.

Representatives from the Sea Eagles, Penrith, Cronulla, Canberra, North Queensland and Newcastle were spoken to both as a group and individually.

"ASADA outlined to Manly and five other NRL clubs the processes it is undertaking as part of its on-going investigation into the use of banned substances in Australian sport," Perry said in the statement.

"We will continue to assist ASADA in its investigation.

"Confidentiality precludes the Sea Eagles from discussing details of that investigation."